AURICULAR APPENDAGES 

 

 

Auricular appendages, skin tags, dermal appendages and cartilage are probably the most common malformation of the ear (1.5% of the population) (1).

 

 

 

Ear Appendages

  • Unilateral.
  • No associated syndrome.
  • Normal chromosomes.
  • Normal inner ear and external auditory canal.

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES

  1. Altmann F. Malformations of the auricle and external auditory meatus. Arch Otolaryngol 1951;54:115.
  2. Melnick M. The etiology of external ear malformations and its relation to abnormalities of the middle ear, inner ear and other organ systems. Birth Defects 1980;16:303.